As acknowledged by Google with one of their custom logos, Lego turned 50 on Jan 28. I’m sure plenty of kiwi kids – big and small – are well familiar with the fun little bricks and now much more elaborate sets. I can’t wait until Matt is big enough to start building sets! 😀

Gizmodo also posted about the 50th birthday, including a trivia timeline with some wacky facts…

There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants

More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks (including me!)

LEGO bricks are available in 53 different colors

2.16 million LEGO elements are molded every hour, or 36,000 per minute